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BAG AND POCKET BOOK FASTENER. No. 320,427. Patented June 16, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES BLUST, OF NEWT YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO B. YVOLFF & CO., OF SAMEPLACE.

BAG AND POCKET-BOOK FASTENER SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 320,427, dated June 16, 1885.

Application filed April 7, 1885.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES BLUsT, of the city and county of New York,in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inFastenings for Pocket- Book and Bag Frames, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to frames for pocketbooks and hand-bags whichconsist of two portions hinged or pivoted together, and provided with asuitable fastening device, by which they may be readily connected withand disconnected from each other in opening and closing. the pocketbookor bag.

The invention consists in the combination, with the two portions of apocket-book or bag frame, of a crank or bail having its two ends pivotedin line with each other to one frame portion and offset between itsends, and one or more pins or studs fixed to the other frame portionbetween the pivotal points of the crank or bail, and with which theoffset portion of the crank or bail maybe engaged to hold the frameportions together.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents part of two frameportions and a fastening embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents partof two frame portions with a fast ening of slightly-modified form, alsoembody ing my invention. Fig. 3 represents a part of two frame portionsand a fastening which comprises two pins or studs, with which the crankor bail may engage; and Fig. 4. is a transverse section of the two frameportions and the fastening device.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

In all the figures of the drawings, A A designate the two frameportions, which may be of any suitable construction, and of metal orother material. I have only shown the outer straight portions of theframe, and at their ends these portions are bent transversely andpivoted together, so that they may be swung toward and from each otherin a manner well understood by persons familiar with such frames forpocket-books and bags.

The frame portions may consist of hollow metallic shells, as shown inFig. 4, in order to (N0 model.)

make them light and strong, and at the same time give them theappearance of great solidity.

The fastening devices consist, essentially, of a crank or bail-likeportion, B, which is pivoted to the frame portion A, and which isadapted to be swung into engagement with one or more headed pins orstuds, 7), upon the frame portion A.

As here represented, the frame portion A is provided with posts orprojections a, and the crank B consists of a wire, the ends of which aremade slightly smaller in diameter than the main portion, and are pivotedin hearings in the posts or projections c. It will be readily understoodthat by swinging the crank B upon its pivots the offset portion B of thecrank may be engaged with and disengaged from the one or more pins orstuds 1).

In Fig. 1 I have represented a crank or bail, B, having a short bend, B,and adapted to engage with the single pin or stud b on the frame portionA.

In Fig. 2 I have represented the crank or bail B as having a bend oroffset extending nearly its whole length, and adapted to engage with thesingle pin 1) on the frame portion A.

In Fig. 3 I have represented a crank or bail, B, similar to that shownin Fig. 2, and engaging with two pins or studs, b, on the frame portionA.

This fastening is very secure, and adds to the appearance of thepocket-book or bag to which it is applied, and the length of the crankor bail B between its pivots enables it to be bent or deflectedtransversely more or less, in order that it shall en gage properly withthe one or more pins or studs 1), and so draw and hold the frameportions tightly together. The crank or bail B has at its ofl'setportion B a finger-piece or knob, b, whereby it may be operated. a

I am aware of Letters Patent No. 309,397, granted to J. Mehl, Jr.,December 16, 1884, which show a bag-frame having attached to the twoportions knobs which snap by each other in closing, and a bar pivoted toone other knob to serve as an additional fastening. I do not desire -toinclude such a fastening in my invention.

An important advantage of making the bail of considerable length andpivoting the ends in line with each other to the portion A of the frame,and of arranging the one or more studs or pins 1) between the pivotalpoints of the bail, is that the bail has a considerable elasticity andmay be sprung over the pins or studs and securely engage them; and afterthe bag has been in use for a long time-and the fastening has becomesomewhat loose, the offset portion of the bail may be bent or set inwardslightly toward the line of the pivots, so that it will still springstrongly over the pins or studs.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination, with the two portions A A of a pocket-book or bagframe, of a fastening consisting of a crank or bail having its two endspivoted in line with each other to the frame portion A and deflected oroffset between its ends, and one or more pins or studs, 1), fixed to theframe portion A between the pivotal points of the crank or bail, andwith which the ofi'set portion of the crank or bail may be engaged tohold the frame portions together substantially as herein described.

Witnesses: CHARLES BLUST.

FREDK. HAYNES, HENRY MCBRIDE.

